Fish Hatchery Management - fisheries & aquaculture

GLOSSARY 47 5CarnivorousCarrierthe disease.Feeding or preying on animals.An individual harboring a pathogen without indicating signs ofCarrier Host (Transport Host) An animal in which the larval stage of aparasite will live but not develop.Carrying Capacity The population, number, or weight of a species thata given environment can support for a given time.Cartilage A substance more flexible than bone but serving the samepurpose.Catabolism The metabolic breakdown of materials with a resultantrelease of energy.CatadromousCatalystspawn.CataractFish that leave fresh water and mierate to the sea toA substance that speeds up the rate of chemical reaction but isnot itself used up in the reaction.its capsule.Catfish Virus DiseaseCaudalPartial or complete opacity of the crystalline lens of the eye orPertaining to the posterior end.Caudal Fin The tail fin of fish.Sea Channel Catfish Virus Disease.Caudal Peduncle The relatively thin posterior section of the body towhich the caudal fin is attached; region between base of caudal finand base of the last ray of the anal fin.CCVD Channel Catfish Virus Disease.Cecum (plural: Ceca) A blind sac of the alimentary canal, such as apyloric cecum at the posterior end of the stomach.Channel Catfish Virus Disease (CCVO) A disease caused by a herpesvirusthat is infectious to channel catfish and blue catfish.Chemical Coagulation A process in which chemical coagulants are putinto water to form settleable flocs from suspended colloidal solids.Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) A measure of the chemically oxidizablecomponents in water, determined by the quantity of oxygenconsumed.Chemotherapy(drugs).Chinook Salmon Virus DiseaseChromatophoresChromosomesChronicChronic InflammationCiliaCure or control of a disease by the use of chemicalsColored pigment cells.,.lra Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis.Structural units of heredity in the nuclei of cells.Occurring or recurring over a long time.Long-lasting inflammation.Movable organelles that project from some cells, used for locomotionof one-celled organisms or to create fluid currents past attachedcells.